Meaning of chikan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
2. A form of Indian cotton embroidery that is associated with the Lucknow area.
   uncountable
3. A town in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
4. A person, usually a man, who rubs against or gropes others, usually women, in crowds, often in trains, to attain sexual pleasure.
5. An item (such as a sari, bedspread, cushion cover, etc) that is made with chikan embroidery.
   countable

Examples

“A collection of Calcutta chikan-work. Sent by Patna Chikanwala and Sons of Taltala, Calcutta”

“For many reasons, certain chikan stitches are not stem stiches or satin stitches —not even the technique is commensurate.”

“In most markets, you will find amazing varieties in which chikan can be used: in bedspreads, napkins, curtains, cushion covers, besides sarees”

“Dhaka was an important centre of chikan craft. It is said that Jahangir brought this craft to Lucknow and later it was whole-heartedly adopted by the Nawabs of Lucknow, thus it became a part of the culture of Lucknow.”

“You know I help women who do the chikan embroidery work?”

“More and more people in India and abroad are getting familiar with the exquisite embroidered chikans of Lucknow, embroidered by the delicate and clever fingers of about 4000 ladies in and around the old city.”

“Hetal's family sends her suitcasefuls of exquisite Lucknow chikans, all in white.”

“That's why he wanted Ammi and Asharfi to sell the house and join him in Delhi, away from the nose-picking, Ganj-strolling, chikan-wearing, coffee-drinking habits of a lifetime.”

“Close to 4,000 households are being forced out of a centuries-old town on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta by their local government, which has teamed up with an investment firm to turn it into a tourist attraction. It’s not what the residents of Chikan’s old town expected when the nearby Kaiping diaolous – fortified, multi-storey dwellings – were put on the World Heritage List by Unesco in 2007.”

CEFR level